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CHARLES` M. BANKS, OF IIIILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONEFOURTH LTO ST. JOHN W. MINTZER, OF SAME PLACE; ELLA J. BANKS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF YSAID CHARLES M. BANKS, DEOEASED.

BABY-CARRIAGE.

1,? ATION n ing part 'o Letters Patent. No. 341,824, dated May 1l, 1836.

Application tiled November 25, 1884. Serial Yo4 148,800. (No model.)

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Beit known that l, CHARLEs M. BANKS, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Phila delphia, in the county of Philadelphia and 5 State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baby and 'other Carriages, of which Vthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to,

the accompanying drawings, .whereinriage or perambnlator in its normal or complete state. Fig. 2 is a front elevation ot' same.

Fig. 3 is a front or end view of carriage folded or knocked down for transportation purposes.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of same, and Fig. 5

is a broken vertical section,sho\ving construction of axle for the wheels ot' the carriage.

Myvinvcntion has relation to baby or other like carriages or j ierambnlators ot' the form adapted to be folded together or knocked down into compact shape for transportation purposes; and it has for its object to so construct and secure together all the component parts of the carriage or vehicle, that its body is susceptible of being folded together, its wheels readily removed from the axles, and adapted to be placed upon the folded carriage y body, to reduce and maintain said parts in a .compact or knockeddown condition of the 3o least attainable space possible for transport-ation.

My invention accordingly consists of the combination, construction, and arrangement of parts comprising a baby-carriage or like vehicle capable of being knocked down, as hereinafter described and claimed,having reference particularly, first, to a folding body having elastic supports or straps secured to pivoted sustaining bars or levers; second, to 4o a'folding body having hinged corner clasps or strengthening-pieces provided with fastening locks or catches; and, third, to wheels having permanently-attached axles which are adapted to swivel upon the axle-bars.

45 In the drawings, A represents a carriage or vehicle composed of body B, axle-bars O O, reach D,and wheels EE. rIhe body B is made up of a bottonnb, hinged or folding ends b b2, and sides L and bt. The lines of hinging of Figure l isa side elevation ofthe baby-car- I the sides and ends are in different planes, as 5o shown. to provide for the convenient folding of said parts over one another. Each corner of the body B is provided with hinged clasps or strengthening-pieces b, which have fastening hooks, pins, or catches Zi, as more plainly 51 shown in Fig. 2, for firmly maintaining the sides and ends of the body in their normal or upright position when unfolded or set np for use. The cat-ches or locks b may be ot' any of the well-known forms of spring-catches,or 6o constructed and arranged for operation in any desired'or suitable way. The axle-bars C are provided with cars c c, in which are provided 0bent levers, bars, or standards c, to the outer f; or a single band doubled upon itself may be substituted. Bandsfpassaronnd and elasticO ally support the enrringebody,while bandsj" are fastened ntf2 to the rcach,for maintaining pivoted bars c and carriage-body. in their 7o vertical position. Undnc longitudinal and lateral vibration of the carriagevbody is prevented by an elastic band, g, which is fastened at g to the reach D and at its endsff" g to the bottom of the carriagelbody, as more plainly 75 shown in Fig. l. The wheels E have permanently-attached axles e,which are formed with preferably tapering sockets e, for the reception of correspondinglyshaped ends e of the axlebars C, which ends have a groove, e, into 8o which passes a pin or bolt,e",for swiveling the axles e to the axle-bars C, as shown more plainly in Fig. 5,in order that the former may easily and instantly be placed upon and detached from the carriage-body.

The operation of closing or k nocking` down the vehicle is obvious. Ihe clasps are 'first unlocked, and the sides and ends of body B, as well as the levers C are folded,I and the Wheels E detached and placed upon the folded 9o body B, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. All the parts of the vehicle are thus reduced toas compact a form as is possible, in order that they may occupy but little space while nndergoing transportation. Y

While I have shown and described my in vention as being especially applicable to babycarriages, I donot liinit myself thereto, as it ends ot' which' are fastened two elastic bands,f 65

is evident that it may be applied to other vehicles7 if desired. So, too, it is obvious that the elastic bandsfff2 may be used in connection with carriages having non folding bodies, in which case the levers c may or may not be pivoted.

Any suitable handle er push-rod, K, may be employed. (See Fig. l.) I prefer to pass it through eyes k,secured to the body B, so that said rod K may be detached from body B. By employing a duplicate set of eyes,7c,at each'end of the body, the rod K is susceptible of being reversed, to be used for either a push or pull rod. It is held in place when inserted in eyes k by any suitable form of spring-catch.

NVhat I claim is- 1. The carriage-body B, supported upon transverse elastic bands attached to upright standards or bars, substantially as shown and described. V

2. The folding carriage-body B,in conlbination with pivoted levers or bars c', and supporting-bands,substantially as shown and described.

3, In combination with a carriage-body, B, the standards c', bandsfandf",-oue of which is fastened at its middle to the reach for said body, substantially as shown and described.

4. A folding carriage-body having hinged corner-clasps and locking-latches,in combination with pivoted standards c and elastic supports or bands f f', substantially as and for the purpose set forth. i

5. A carriage composed of a body having folding ends and sides, supporting bands and bars, and detachable wheels, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a car1iage,the axle-bars C, having pivoted levers c', elastic bandsff, body B, and longitudinal elastic band g, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a carriage, the pivoted levers c and llexible or elastic bands f and j", the latter being fastened to the reach for the carriage, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. M. BANKS.

XVitnesses:

JOHN RoDGERs, S. J. VAN ST.-\voREN. 

